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iii. SUSANNA, b. July 25, 1792, in Rutland.
iv. JOHN, b. Aug. 22, 1794, in Rutland.
v. JAMES, b. Nov. 23, 1800, in Holden.
vi. ISAAC, b. Jany. 12, 1803, in Princeton.
vii. WM., b. July 5, 1806.
viii. JOSEPH, b. July 15, 1809.
ix. BETSEY, b. Oct. 16, 1812.
VOSE.
VOSE REUBEN, son of Jere and Hannah Vose, born in Stough- ton, died in Sterling, Feb. 14, 1864, ae. 78. No record of his (Ist) wife, his wife Anna, died Dec. 22, 1872, ae. 77. Children :
i. LUCY-ANN, age 24, m. George W. Rugg of Leominster, Mass., March 26, 1846.
ii. ELIZABETH-P., m. Jany. 24, 1848, Elijah Gould, Jr.
iii. JOHN, m. Oct. 3, 1866, Nancy S. Swallow.
VOSE Isaac, married (int.) Oct. 29, 1842, Betsey Beckwith of Grafton, Vt. Children:
i. EMMA-CELESTINE, b. Feb. 27, 1845.
ii. ANNA-ADELAIDE, b. Aug. 31, 1846.
iii. ELLA ROSETTA, b. Oct. 25, 1848.
WALKER.
WALKER Eli, son of Hezekiah and Lucy (Raymond) Walker, born in Holden, March 2, 1802, removed to Princeton, in 1823, and returned to Holden in 1840, and died at West Boylston, June 9, 1886. He married April 10, 1828, Louisa Parker, daughter of Ebenezer. Their children were:
i. JULIA-MARIA, b. Feb. 3, 1829, m. May 4, 1852, Lovell A. Lesure, res. Oakdale.
ii. HARRIET-SOPHIA, b. Jany. 27, 1831.
iii. MARY-LOUISA, b. Feb. 24, 1833, m. Walter K. Howe of Princeton, d. Sept. 30, 1862.
WATSON.
WATSON Col .- John2, son of John1 and Mary, born in Brook- field, Mass., May 14, 1750, married (int.) June 27, 1772, Sarah Wheeler of Rutland, daughter of Isaac and Sarah
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Wheeler, who died May 31, 1799, ae. 61. He married (2ª) Thankfull Sanders of Sturbridge (pub.) June 27, 1801. Col. John2 came to Princeton soon after his first marriage, died March 14, 1829 and was buried here (ae. 79 g.s.). The chil- dren of Col. John and Sarah were:
i. SARAH (SALLY), b. Sept. 13, 1773, m. Oct. 9, 1794, John Jones, Jr.
ii. JOHN, b. Oct. 16, 1774, d. Aug. 20, 1785.
1. iii. JACOB-WHEELER, b. April 15, 1777, m. Lydia Whittaker.
1. WATSON Jacob-Wheeler3 (Col. John2, John1), son of Col. John and Sarah (Wheeler) Watson, born April 15, 1777, married Oct. 8, 1797, Lydia Whitteker, daughter of William and Lydia, born 1777, died June 6 (g.s.) 1857, ae. 80-4-3. He died in Barre, Aug. 25, 1864. Their children were:
i. JOHN, b. April 21, 1798, m. (pub.) Feb. 8, 1822, Harriet Ester- brook of Holden, and had two daughters, HANNAH-ESTER- BROOK, bapt. Sept. 7, 1823, and SARAH ANN, Oct. 7, 1827.
ii. MARY, b. Feb. 8, 1800, m. March 22, 1820, Luther Nash of Holden.
iii. LYDIA, b. Dec. 17, 1801, m. Sept. 2, 1821, Capt. Washington Estabrook.
iv. LUCY-SPRAGUE, b. March 7, 1804, m. May 1, 1828, Martin H. Wilson. She was named for an aunt of her grandfather, Col. John Watson.
v. ELMIRA, b. April 29, 1806, d. Sept. 14, 1810.
vi. CATHERINE-W., b. April 2, 1808, m. Sept. 30, 1830, Joel Davis.
2. vii. WILLIAM-W., b. May 24, 1810, m. Mary Amanda Mears (2ª) Julia-Ann Bixby.
viii. ELMIRA, b. May 6, 1812, m. May 16, 1833, Benjamin Holden.
ix. ELIZA-ANN-FRENCH, b. April 22, 1814, m. Oct. 4, 1832, John Whitney.
x. HARRIOT-NEWELL, b. Feb. 17, 1817, m. Feb. - , 1841, John Davis.
2. WATSON William4-W. (Jacob-Wheeler3, Col .- John2, John1), son of Jacob-Wheeler3 and Lydia (Whitteker) Watson, born May 24, 1810, married (Ist) June 9, 1831, Mary Amanda Mears, b. in Boston, d. Sept. 21, 1848, ae. 34. He married (2d) Julia-Ann Bixby of Holden, Nov. 19, 1848. He died Jany. 15, 1861. The children of first wife were:
i. JEREMIAH-MEARS, b. Feb. II, 1835, in Princeton. In 1866 he moved to Sharon, Mass., and later, in 1887, to Boston. He married -, 1859, Antoinette Parker in Holden, and died in Boston, May 7, 1897.
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ii. MARY-M., b. Dec. 12, 1836, m. S. H. Lanphear.
iii. ALICE-M., b. - , 1839, d. May 10, 1842.
iv. HARRIET-M., b. - , 1840, d. Nov. 17, 1848.
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v. GEORGE-PARKER, b. Aug. 25, 1843.
vi. GEORGE-WILLARD, b. Dec. 23, 1844.
vii. LUKE, b. Mar. 9. 1846, d. Sept. 4, 1851.
viii. JOHN-W., b. May 19, 1848.
Child of second wife:
ix. CHARLES-FRANKLIN, b. Nov. 28, 1849.
x. LUKE-M., b. July 17, 1853.
xi. JACOB-E., b. Apr. 21, 1855.
xii. FRANK-B., b. Jany. 19, 1860.
WELSH.
WELSH Orange, son of Silas of Bolton, and Mary (Barnes) Welsh, born Sept. 15, 1800, in Bolton, married in Princeton, March 2, 1830, Lorinda Baker, daughter of Daniel Baker, he, Orange, died in Princeton, Feb. 4, 1876. Note the same initials " J. W." for the entire family of eight children.
i. JAMES-WHITNEY, b. Nov. 28, 1830, m. May 7, 1854, in Lowell.
ii. JOSEPH-WARD, b. Jany. 6, 1832, d. Aug. 24, 1885.
iii. JANE-WILSON, b. Sept. 13, 1833, d. Aug. 24, 1840.
iv. JERUSHA-WEED, b. Jany. 22, 1835, m. in Sterling, Nov. 1862, d. March 28, 1880.
v. JOSIAH-WILLARD, b. Sept. 8, 1837, d. Oct. 11, 1839.
vi. JOEL-WILDER, b. July 29, 1839, m. in Boylston, June 1864.
vii. JOSIAH-WILLARD, (2d) b. April 30, 1842, d. May 15, 1864.
viii. JOHN-WILSON, b. Nov. 7, 1844, changed his name to John L. Harris, m. in Worcester, Aug. 21, 1876.
WELSH Amasa-T., son of Thomas, and cousin of the above Orange, married Rebecca M. Thompson, he died Nov. 22, 1897. She died Oct. 18, 1913.
WELSH Silas, son of Silas and Mary (Barrows) Welsh, born July II, 1804, in Richmond, N. H. Removed to Princeton in 1825, married Nov. 13, 1828, Lucy K. Gregory, daughter of Charles and Betsey (Keyes) Gregory, of Princeton. Re- moved to Sterling, in 1848, where he died, Aug. 7, 1861.
i. SOPHIA-ELLEN, b. Jany. 25, 1829, d. Jany. 25, 1833.
ii. SILAS-AUGUSTUS, b. June 25, 1831, m. (Ist) Eliza Putnam Kendall, dau. of Ezra, m. (2d) Anna M. Fisher of Northfield.
iii. SOPHIA-E., 2d, b. June II, 1833, m. Geo. Mason, March 31, 1849, d. Sept. 28, 1857.
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iv. LUCY-A., b. May 21, 1835, d. Oct. 27, 1857.
v. CHARLES-F., b. May 22, 1838, m. Katy Ray, res. Hudson, Mass.
vi. MARY-E., b. Jany. 24, 1841, m. John B. Lewis.
vii. HENRY-NELSON, b. April 12, 1844, m. Electra Howe, Marlboro.
viii. SARAH-S., b. Aug. 17, 1846, m. F. P. Larkin, Worcester.
ix. CARRIE-M., b. Nov. 28, 1849, in Sterling.
WEST.
WEST Dr. Joseph-Thomas, son of Bennett and Lovey (Thomas) West, born in Barnstead, N. H., June 21, 1823, fitted for college in Lowell, Mass. Graduated at Dartmouth in 1845, Harvard Medical School 1848. He practiced successively in Holden, Mass., New York City and Lowell, Mass. He removed in 1854 to Princeton and became the trusted medical adviser and wise counsellor of both the residents of the town and the many transient visitors, until his death Jany. 28, 1887. His idea in his profession is indicated by a remark he once made to a friend: " That his first thought on receiving a call was to help some one: - his second to learn something and third to earn something." He married (Ist) Eliza Jane, dau. of Jacob Whittier of Meredith, Feb. 21, 1849, (2d) Mrs. Eliza Jane (Williamson) Gordon, daughter of Andrew Williamson of St. Johns, New Brunswick, Dec. 8, 1853, (3d) Ellen M. Gregory, Dec. 23, 1873. Children:
i. JOSEPHINE-MARIA, b. Nov. 29, 1874, m. Edwin M. Jenks, July 26, 1896. I child: HELEN W. JENKS, b. Nov. 18, 1896.
ii. GRACE-ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 3, 1877.
iii. GERTRUDE-GREGORY, b. Dec. 3, 1880.
iv. ELINOR-HOWE, b. July 15, 1884, m. George A. Doolittle, Nov. 26, IgIO. I child: GEORGE-A. DOOLITTLE, b. Oct. 3, 1912.
v. JOSEPH-THOMAS, b. June 4, 1887, m. Agnes-Louise-Wylie, Oct. 30, 1912. I child: JOSEPH T., b. Dec. 9, 1913.
WETHERBEE.
WETHERBEE Jonathan-Z., son of Zacheus, born at Concord, Mass., Sept. 24, 1823, married at Leominster, Mass., Nov. 7, 1844, Sarah J. Johnson, who was born at Jaffrey, N. H., July 18, 1820. He died at Princeton, July 2, 1886. She died at Princeton, Jan. 10, 1904. Their children were:
i. GEORGE FRANCIS, b. April 27, 1847, m. (Ist) Sylvia A. Roper. One child: (I) ADDIE-L. He m. (2d) Oct. 13, 1888, Sarah Frances Smith, b. Buckland, Washington Co., Kentucky,
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Nov. 22, 1867. 2 chn .: (II) GEORGE-FRANCIS, JR., b. Oct. 6, 1889, (III) CHARLES-EDWIN, b. Aug. 3, 1891.
ii. CHARLES-EDWIN, b. July 25, 1849, m. (Ist) Lizzie M. Skinner, m. (2nd) Clara A. Charles.
iii. ALBERT-BIRNEY, b. Jan. 21, 1860, m. Apr. 30, 1890, Cora R. Ridge. Their chn. were (I) C .- ANNABEL, b. May 12, 1892, m. Sept. 5, 1910, W. A. Connell, (II) ALBERT E., b. Aug. 13, 1893. (III) RUTH E., b. Sept. 17, 1896, d. Nov. 30, 1904.
WETHERBEE Josiah came to Princeton from Stow or Boxboro, with his wife Lucy and Negro girl Rhoda. He was taxed in Princeton in 1769 (and Josiah Jr., also). Removed to Har- vard in 1774. A daughter and two sons are recorded in Princeton.
i. Lucy, b. March 26, 1770.
ii. EZRA, b. Oct. 2, 1771.
iii. ETHAN, b. July 18, 1774.
WHITCOMB.
The early ancestor of this family was JOHN1, of Dorchester, 1632 and Lancaster, 1652. By his wife Frances, he had two children, John2 and Jonathan2. John3, son of Jonathan2 and Hannah of Lancaster, born May 12, 1684, by wife Abigail, had John4 (Gen.), b. 1713 and Asa4 (Col.), bapt. Aug. 16, 1719.
WHITCOMB-Col .- Asa4 (John3, Jonathan2, John1), son of John3 and Abigail, was born and brought up in Lancaster, having been early left an orphan. At the beginning of the Revolu- tionary War, he lived in Sterling, when that town was a part of Lancaster. He afterwards resided permanently in Prince- ton, where he died March 16, 1804, ae. 84 and " was carried to Sterling for burial." So confident was he of the success of the Colonies in the Revolution, that he sold his farm and all else for paper money, which became worthless, and he was forced into bankruptcy. It is said of him that he never regretted thus furnishing means for carrying on the war. He married (Ist) Dec. 26, 1744, Eunice Sawyer and (2ª) Jany. 26, 1762, Betty Sawyer.
Children of first wife were:
i. EUNICE, bapt. Jany. 18, 1747, m. Josiah Homer, April 28, 1766.
ii. EPHRAIM, bapt. Sept. 6, 1747, came to Princeton 1785, died July 7, 1827, unmarried.
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iii. ABIGAIL, b. June 19, 1749, m. Col. Ephraim Richardson.
iv. REBECCA, b. Jany. 17, 1750, m. Jonas Beaman, and d. Dec. 4, 1838.
V. KATHERINE, b. June 12, 1754.
vi. HANNAH, bapt. March 30, 1755.
vii. MARY, bapt. April 16, 1758.
Children of second wife were:
viii. ASA, b. Feb. 8, 1764 at Alstead, N. H., m. Becca Ball, Nov. 9, 1788, in Princeton, she d. in Cavendish, Vt.
ix. CATE, b. March 2, 1766.
X. BETSEY, bapt. May 22, 1768, m. a sea captain in Canada and d. there.
1. xi. JOHN, bapt. May 27, 1770, m. Persis Brigham.
xii. SALLY (SARAH), bapt. June 14, 1772, m. Feb. 21, 1798, Thomas Jones of Princeton.
xiii. THOMAS, b. -- , 1774.
xiv. JAMES, no record obtainable.
XV. CORNELIUS, b. March 5, 1779, m. Sally - and settled near Coventry, N. Y., d. Dec. 12, 1785, she d. June 15, 1842. Six children.
1. WHITCOMB John5 (Col. Asa4, John3, Jonathan2, John1), son of Col. Asa and Betty (Sawyer) Whitcomb, born (bapt.) May 27, 1770, married in Princeton, May 15, 1796, Persis Brigham, removed to West Boylston, 1813. He was a miller and was killed in the raceway of his mill. V.R. says " drowned at Boylston Factory," Sept. 1I, 1820. Their children were:
i. SALLY, b. March 21, 1797, m. 1798, Oliver Nash.
ii. PERSIS, b. May 17, 1799, m. Henry Keyes, 1818 and d. July 20, 1872.
iii. BETSEY, b. June 8, 1801, unmarried.
iv. JOHN-A., b. Sept. 14, 1803, d. June 20, 1851.
v. LYDIA, b. Jany. - , 1806, m. Thomas Ayer of Boston, and d. June 19, 1863.
WHITCOMB-Capt .- Asa7 (Abraham6, William5, Ephraim4, Jona- than3, Jonathan2, John1), son of Abraham, born 1787, married Sept. 18, 1808, Betsey, daughter of John Eveleth. He was accidentally killed by the falling of a tree in the woods where he was at work, Jany. 19, 1821, ae. 34. Their children were:
i. MARIA, b. Dec. 19, 1808 in Stow, d. Aug. 24, 1809.
ii. ANN-ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 10, 1811, m. Lewis Wentworth, Boston.
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iii. ABIGAIL Twins
[b. Feb. 16, 1814, m. Wm. Whitcomb.
iv. SON UNNAMED b. Feb. 16, 1814, d. ae. 5 hours.
v. ASA, b. May 22, 1817, m. May 3, 1842, Sarah Gates, daughter of Noah Gates of Stow.
vi. FRANCIS, b. April 10, 1820, d. Jany. 21, 1879, in Malden, Mass.
WHITCOMB William-H., son of - and Susan Whitcomb. born Nov. 14, 1817 at Sterling, Mass., married May 7, 1848, Susan Arnold of Fitchburg, Mass. Their children were:
i. LUELLA, b. Oct. 28, 1850, at Princeton, m. Adice H. Dudley. Their children were: (I) LILLIAN, b. at Fitchburg, Mass., (II) HARRY M., b. at Winchendon, Mass., (III) BERTHA, b. at Win- chendon, (IV) ETHEL, b. at Winchendon, (v) MAUD, b. at Winchendon, (VI) BLANCH, b. at Clinton, Mass., (VII) RUTH, b. at Clinton.
ii. WARREN-H., b. Dec. 13, 1852 at Princeton, m. Anna C. Hastings, daughter of John C. and Mary (Loring) Hastings at Sterling, Mass. Their children were: (I) LENA M., b. Aug. 10, 1876 at Princeton, m. Herbert C. Walton, son of Charles Walton. Their children were: (i) Richard-Walton, b. May, 1897, (ii) Guy C. Walton, b. June, 1898, (iii) Wendall Walton, b. Sept., 1899, (iv) Mildred Walton, b. Aug., 1903, (v) Marion Walton, b. Nov., 1905, (vi) Helen, b. July, 1909; (II) WILLIAM C., b. Sept. 4, 1879 at Princeton, m. Georgianna Clapp, daughter of George and Susan Clapp. Their children were: (i) Warren A., b. Feb. 3, 1904, (ii) Forest, b. July 23, 1910.
WHITNEY.
Families of the name of Whitney are very numerous in all parts of the United States. There is scarcely a town of any considerable size where they may not be found, and it is probable that nearly all of them are descendants of JOHN1 and Elinor Whitney of Watertown, who " Embarked at Ipswich England, April 1635, for New England in the Elizabeth and Ann Roger Cooper Master, John Whitney1, aged 35; wife Ellen (Elinor) aged 30, sons, John, aged II, Richard, aged 9, Nathaniel, aged 8, Thomas, aged 6 and Jonathan, aged I year." John1 was admitted a freeman, March 3, 1636. His wife Eleanor died May 11, 1659, and he married (2ª) Sept. 29, 1659, Judah (Judith) Clement. He died a widower, June 1, 1673, aged 84.
WHITNEY Capt .- Andrew3 (Abraham2, John1), son of Abraham and Tabitha (Allen) Whitney of Watertown, born March 29,
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1754. He with his brother Elisha, learned the trade of car- penter or builder, with John Dana of Newton and both went to Princeton about 1780, where they were taxed that year. He married (int.) Oct. 1, 1787, Lucy Miles, born May 13, 1766, daughter of Reuben and Anna (Rice) Miles of Westminster, who died in Princeton June 26, 1842, aged 76. He died in Princeton, Oct. 26 (family say 16), 1818, ae. 64. Children born in Princeton:
i. REUBEN-M., b. May 23, 1788, m. Julia Delongplain of Montreal. He res. in Philadelphia, d. in Washington, D. C., May 15, 1845. ii. LUCY, b. Feb. 8, 1790, d. Aug. 30, 1791.
1. iii. JOHN (COL.), b. Dec. 31, 1792, m. Mary Newton, (2ª) Eliza-Ann- French Watson.
iv. Lucy, b. Jany. 11, 1795, m. Merrill Davis, Sept. 4, 1819.
v. CHARLES, b. April 4, 1797, d. Aug. 18, 1808.
vi. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 10, 1799, m. Mary Cass Brooks, of Detroit, Mich., res. Philadelphia, Pa.
vii. ANNA-M., b. Feb. 21, 1801, m. Jany. 8, 1822, Capt. Nathan Whitney of Westminster.
viii. SALLY, b. June 4, 1803, m. Rev. David A. Grosvenor.
ix. ELISHA-D., b. June 29, 1805, m. Martha Schott of Philadelphia, Pa., d. Nov. 14, 1887.
X. CAROLINE, b. July 8, 1808, m. in Princeton, Dr. Alphonso Brooks.
xi. CHARLES-ANDREW, b. Aug. 20, 1810, d. Nov. 7, 1836.
1. WHITNEY Col .- John4 (Capt. Andrew3, Abraham2, John1), son of the above Capt. Andrew3 and Lucy (Miles) Whitney, born Dec. 31, 1792, married (int.) Aug. 23, 1822, Mary New- ton of Royalston, who died Oct. 6, 1831, ae. 31, m. (2ª) Eliza- Ann-French Watson, Oct. 4, 1832, daughter of Jacob W. and Lydia, b. April 22, 1814. He died in Princeton, May 15, 1846, ae. 53. He was a colonel of militia and quite prominent in town affairs. Children:
i. ABIGAIL-PERKINS, b. June 28, 1823, d. Dec. 10, 1826.
ii. WILLIAM-NEWTON, b. Dec. 15, 1825, res. Omaha, Nebraska.
iii. MARION-EUGENE, b. Oct. 26, 1826, d. Dec. 19, 1845.
iv. ABIGAIL-PERKINS, b. Nov. 25, 1827, d. Dec. 12, 1830.
v. MARY-N., b. Sept. 28, 1831, m. (Ist) Samuel Nash, m. (2ª) - Clarke.
vi. JOHN-N., b. July 6, 1833, res. Salt Lake City, Utah.
vii. CHARLES-A., b. Nov. 14, 1834, res. Milbury.
viii. ELIZA-ANN-FRENCH, b. Feb. 26, 1836, d. Feb. 18, 1839.
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ix. LEVI-LINCOLN, b. Jany. 20, 1838.
x. Eliza-ANN-FRENCH (2ª), b. July 1, 1840, m. Henry L. Norton.
xi. LYDIA, b. March 19, 1843, d. Feb. 21, 1844.
WHITNEY Silas6 (David5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of David and Mercy, born about 1732 (Genealogy says 1737). He was a blacksmith by trade, married in March, 1758, Jane Pearson of Shrewsbury and settled in " No Town near Lancaster " (Princeton). He lived in Princeton in Winchendon, Rindge and Clarendon, Vt. His children were:
i. LOVE, b. Dec. 18, 1758.
ii. DAVID, b. Aug. 31, 1760, m. Sarah Wilson.
iii. SILAS, b. June 12, 1762, res. St. Armand, P. Q., where he died and was buried there.
iv. OLIVER, b. Sept. 16, 1764, m. Abigail Hampton.
v. BARTHOLOMEW, b. June 30, 1766, m. Lois -, res. Clarendon, Vt., and had a son, JOEL, b. Sept. 9, 1791.
vi. JANE, b. June 6, 1768.
vii. PHEBE, b. Dec. 1, 1770.
viii. SAMUEL, b. - , 1771-2, m. Eunice Whitney, (2ª) Martha Par- menter.
ix. MERCY, b. - , 1773.
x. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 16, 1777, m. Mary -.
xi. SOLOMON, b.
xii. LUCY, b. - -, m. - Brown.
WHITNEY Reuben-Perkins7 (David6, Capt. Nathan5, David4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of David5 and Elizabeth (Bar- ron) Whitney, born in Westminster, Mass., July 24, 1804, married March 8, 1827, Clarissa C. Woodward, who was born in Princeton, Sept. 29, 1804, died Sept. 28, 1862, married (2ª) April 27, 1865, Mrs. Fidelia (Beaman) Pierce, daughter of Phineas and Phebe Beaman, b. April 12, 1807, d. March 10, 1866. He married (3ª) Dec., 1867, Mrs. Nancy R. Thomas, born 1815, died Feb. 13, 1869. He died in South Lancaster, Sept. 24, 1892. His children were:
i. JASON-W., b. Sept. 21, 1821, m. Nov. 18, 1857, Lydia A. Davis, res. Hingham, Mass.
ii. LOUISA-HOWE, b. March 4, 1828, m. Sept. 5, 1850, Elias W. Thompson.
iii. MARY-E., b. Dec. 23, 1831, m. Sept. 22, 1852, John A., Rice, Lancaster,
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iv. ORVILLE-P., b. Oct. 28, 1833, m. Dora Odell, res. Brooklyn, N. Y. v. CLARA-E., b. Sept. 26, 1836, m. Nov. 8, 1877, Dea. J. C. Lovell, res. West Boylston.
vi. GEORGE-F., b. Sept. 11, 1838, m. Oct. 18, 1863, Sarah M. Davis of Hubbardston.
vii. LUCIA-M., b. July 10, 1844, d. July 31, 1844, res. Hingham, Mass.
WHITTAKER.
WHITTAKER William, probably of Concord, born July 28, 1750, married Aug. 3, 1774, Lydia Howe, who was born in Marlboro and died Oct. 22, 1844, ae. 88. He bought in 1778 a farm, of Joseph Hosley, near the Lancaster-Holden line. He died in Princeton, July 22, 1830. Children :
i. WILLIAM, b. in Princeton, Jan. 14, 1775, m. Lucy Cobb in 1806. Went to China, in 1795, and 1799. Children: (I) NORRIS, (II) WILLIAM-F., m. June, 1835, Edna A. Campbell, one child, Willianna F. Whittaker, who married Thomas H. Skinner, Oct. 15, 1872; (III) PHILENA, (IV) HENRY B., m. Anna Howe, (v) ALFRED, all born in Charlestown, West Virginia.
ii. LYDIA, b. Feb. 4, 1777, m. Oct. 8, 1797, Jacob W. Watson.
iii. CATHERINE, b. Sept. 24, 1778, d. June 21, 1782.
iv. JOHN, b. Aug. 19, 1780.
1. V. LUTHER, b. July 8, 1782, m. (Ist) Betsey Brigham, (2ª) Betsey Dodd.
vi. AARON, b. Oct. 6, 1784, d. July 17, 1786.
vii. LEVI, b. Oct. 3, 1786.
viii. MARY, b. Nov. 24, 1788, m. (int.) April 16, 1811, Jonas Hartwell.
ix. AARON, b. Feb. 28, 1790.
X. CATHERINE, b. Dec. 23, 1792, m. (int.) Sept. 7, 1814, Amos Merriam.
xi. THOMAS, b. Dec. 27, 1795.
xii. CHARLES, b. Dec. 17, 1799.
1. WHITTAKER Luther2 son of William1, born July 8, 1782, married (Ist) April 25, 1813, Betsey Brigham, who died Aug. 12, 1825, aged 33. He married (int.) (2ª) April 8, 1827, Betsey Dodd of Holden, daughter of Tilly and Hannah (Chaffin) Dodd. She died in Princeton, June 28, 1869, ae. 82. He died Oct. 29, 1874. Children of first wife were:
i. HARRIET-MINERVA, b. March 18, 1815, m. May 16, 1838, Warren Williams of Worcester, Mass.
ii. WILLIAM-BRIGHAM, b. Oct. 30, 1816, d. 1818.
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2. iii. CHARLES-A., b. May 13, 1819, m. Abby S. Gleason, May 41, 1846, d. June 3, 1903. Children: (I) WILLIAM-AUGUSTINE, b. May 13, 1847, d. Sept. 22, 1876, (II) NELLIE-S., m. Moses C. Goodnow, June 20, 1879.
iv. AARON-D., b. May 15, 1821, m. Nov. 21, 1849, Lucinda M. (Rugg) Farrar. Chn .: (I) WARREN L., b. Mar. II, 1851, (II) FRANK-H., b. May 29, 1856, (III) MARY L., b. April 3, 1861.
v. ELIZABETH-C., b. July 30, 1823, m. March 8, 1849, J. Q. A. Pierce, Leominster, Mass., d. July 13, 1862 at Leominster.
vi. SOPHIA-L., b. Aug. 4, 1825, d. Aug. 18, 1827.
WIGGIN.
WIGGIN George Henry, born in 1871 at Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, married in Princeton, Dec. 21, 1896, Char- lotte Evelyn Wiggin, born in Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick, Nov. 26, 1867. Children:
i. FRANK-FILMORE, b. June 25, 1897, at Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick.
ii. GEORGE-EDWARD, b. Oct. 21, 1906, at Princeton.
WIGGIN, Walter-J., born at Windham, Vt., Aug. 1, 1876. Married Jennie Wren of Upton, Mass., Nov. 27, 1892. Child:
i. JENNIE-MAY, b. May 25, 1904.
WILDE.
WILDE Silent, of Shutesbury, married 1782-3, widow Abigail Osgood, and with their children Oliver and Elijah, came to Princeton, in May, 1787, he died March 27, 1790, aged 63, in Princeton. His widow married (int.) July 14, 1792, Dea. James Walker of Westminster.
Silent was a mail carrier from Boston to Deerfield, through Lancaster, and Rutland, perhaps met Mrs. Osgood at the latter place. In 1774-5 he was a news carrier from Boston to Northampton, and as late as 1784, advertised for the pay- ment of what was due him for that service, by subscribers. Children of Silent and Abigail, were:
i. OLIVER, -, in Poll tax list 1791.
ii. ELIJAH, -, m. Nov. - , 1796, Lydia Brigham.
iii. SOLOMON, -.
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WILDER.
THOMAS1 WILDER of Charlestown, 1640, is supposed to have been the son of Thomas, who died at Shiplake, Burks County, England in 1634 and whose supposed widow, Martha, came to New England with her children, in ship Confidence, four years later, locating at Hingham, where she married (2ª) Thomas Ensign of Scituate.
One of her sons, Thomas Wilder1, above mentioned, became an early proprietor and settler of Lancaster, his son Thomas2 had Joseph3 (Judge) Wilder, born July 5, 1683. The latter had two sons, Caleb4 and Joseph4. Caleb4 married Abigail Carter and had a son, Samuel5, born in 1739.
WILDER Nahum6 (Samuel5, Caleb4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), son of Samuel5 and Dorothy (Carter) of Lancaster, born March I, 1775, married (Ist) Oct. 16, 1800, Hannah Woods, daughter of Samuel, who died Aug. 19, 1828, ae. 32. He married (2d) (int.) March 7, 1836, Abigail Chamberlain of Ware, Mass. He died April 9, 1861. Children of Nahum and Hannah were:
i. MILTON, b. Nov. 15, 1801, d. July 5, 1864.
ii. MARY-WOODS, b. May 13, 1803, m. William McElwain. Their son, Rev. John-Allen McElwain, b. July 7, 1837, m. Susan Gilbert, Sept. 5, 1863, she d. Dec. 28, 1899. He started in business as a young man, but in 1877 became assistant to Dr. J. A. Gordon, of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church and remained actively connected with this church until his death, Nov. 13, 1912. His two sons, William H. and J. F. were successful business men in Boston, founders of the McElwain Shoe Company.
iii. CAROLINE, b. Nov. 26, 1805, m. Oct. 16, 1829, Samuel P. Russell of Wilton, N. H.
iv. LUCY-B., b. July 17, 1809.
v. SAM'L-WOODS, b. March 12, 1812.
vi. HARRIET-ATWOOD, b. Nov. 8, 1815.
vii. ALDEN-AUGUSTUS, b. July 23, 1817.
viii. SOLON-FRANKLIN, b. Aug. 10, 1819.
ix. SARAH-WILLIAMS-FULLER, b. Dec. 24, 1821.
WILDER5 Thomas6 (Samuel5, Caleb4, Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), brother of the above Nahum6, born July 7, 1788, married Nov. 21, 18II, Mary Woods, daughter of Samuel, and lived on the old Woods place, corner of Calamint Hill Road, re-
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moved to Ware and from thence to Boston, where he died, May 31, 1867. Their children were:
i. THOMAS-SCOTT, b. Jany. 31, 1813 in Princeton.
ii. MARY-W., b. May 17, 1816 in Princeton, d. Feb. 23, 1826.
iii. ABBIE-W., m. Charles E. Ryan.
iv. REBECCA-K., d. May 12, 1863.
WILDER Ivory6 (Elisha5, Jonathan4, John3, John2, Thomas1), son of Elisha5 and Prudence Manning, descended from Thomas' through John2 and Hannah, John3 and Sarah Sawyer, Jona- than4 and Zeruiah Houghton; born in Sterling, Dec. 21, 1804, married April 8, 1830, Louisa Wilson, daughter of Solomon. He held the office of Postmaster from the 18th of April, 1854, to the IIth of Dec. 1856, and from the 19th of Dec. 1862, to the 7th of March, 1865. He died Jany. 24, 1886. Their children were:
i. SOLON, b. Dec. 20, 1830, m. Sarah W. Smith, Sept. 15, 1855. He was a teacher of Music, a Composer and Conductor. His connection with the Choral Organizations in Worcester and elsewhere served to bring him in close relations with many of the prominent musicians of his day. In the younger days of the Worcester County Musical Association, Mr. Wilder was on more than one occasion the director of its festivals. His work as a composer bore the marks of a musician's hand. In this connection may be mentioned his responsive chorus "Rock of Ages." He also compiled one of the best psalm books then in use. He died in Princeton, April 6, 1874. A son, HARRIS- HAWTHORN WILDER, b. April 7, 1864, m. Inez L. Whipple.
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